Care Quality Commission

Liz Kendall: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the Care Quality Commission has spent on consultancy services in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14 to date.

Norman Lamb: The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has provided the following information:
	
		
			 The CQC's expenditure on consultancy services 
			  Amount (£ million) 
			 2010-11 1,832 
			 2011-12 0.071 
			 2012-13 1,752 
			 2013-14(1) 1,959 
			 (1) Up to and including 30 September 2013. Source. The CQC annual accounts, reports and monthly Department of consultancy returns. Definitions of ‘consultancy’ were taken from the Cabinet Office's Guidance on Actions and Processes.